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Noah, an orphan from Earth's last days who, as a child, was smuggled to safety across the stars, is now nearly a man and a leader to the young enclave of Earthborn who reside on Sora. When the tranquility of their settlement is shattered by a shocking assassination attempt, Noah turns to his combative younger brother, Erik, Lucas and Asha's only child by blood, for aid.

In this thrilling second book of the Earthborn trilogy, Lucas and Asha have survived the decimation of Earth at the hands of the invading Xalans and seek safe haven with their enemy's true foes, the Sorans. They find a lush planet inhabited by a civilization far more advanced than their own, waging a seemingly endless war against a constantly evolving enemy. The Sorans call the pair of them the "Earthborn", and they're welcomed as heroes, almost as gods.

À Dublin, un soir de pluie, deux hommes frappent à la porte d’Eilish Stack. Membres d’une toute nouvelle police secrète – le GNSB –, ils demandent à s’entretenir avec son mari, enseignant et syndicaliste, mais celui-ci est absent. Larry se rend au commissariat dès le lendemain, puis disparaît dans des circonstances troublantes. Tandis que le malaise s’installe peu à peu, Eilish voit son quotidien et celui de ses quatre enfants amputés d’une liberté qu’elle tenait pour acquise.

En El país de las últimas cosas todo tiende al caos, las calles desaparecen y ya no hay nacimientos. Anna Blume cuenta en una carta lo que sucede allí: llegó para encontrar a su hermano William y descubrió una tierra en la que la búsqueda de la muerte ha reemplazado a los avatares de la vida. Para sobrevivir, Anna se convierte en una recolectora de objetos del pasado que vende a cambio de comida y refugio.

Un virus que se contagia como la rabia ha arrasado Massachusetts. Pero, a diferencia de la rabia, el periodo de incubación de esta enfermedad es inferior a una hora. Los afectados pierden el juicio y muerden a otras personas. Los enfermos y los moribundos abarrotan los hospitales, y todos los protocolos de emergencia han resultado ser insuficientes.

August Brill tiene 72 años y se está recuperando en la casa de su hija, en Vermont, tras sufrir un accidente de coche. No puede dormir y, acostado sobre la cama en la negrura de la noche, inventa historias para rehuir acontecimientos del pasado que preferiría olvidar, como la reciente muerte de su esposa y el horroroso asesinato del novio de su nieta, Titus.

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself 25 years in the past? For the nine billion people living in the year 2042 it's no longer a question...it's a reality. When a seemingly simple experiment goes disastrously wrong, James Baston finds himself stranded in the past alongside the rest of mankind. Here the old are young once more, the dead live again, and civilization is in chaos.

Emily Baxter feared she was the sole survivor of a deadly alien plague that swept through New York City, the nation, and the world in a downpour of blood red rain. And when the dead began transforming into a terrifying new form of life, she feared her survival might be brutally short-lived. Then, a human voice crackled from a satellite phone, urging her to flee north, where more refugees of the global annihilation hunkered down in a desolate Alaskan outpost. Now, with only the supplies she can carry and her faithful dog, Emily races across the country.

After an alien invasion devastates humanity, a battered group of survivors huddles in a remote outpost, fighting to endure in a now-hostile world. Resources are dwindling, and internal power struggles threaten to tear apart the fragile last vestige of human society.

There is nowhere left to run. In the wake of the deadly plague that virtually annihilated the human race, a vast red jungle teeming with alien creatures and lethal plants is devouring Earth, swallowing buildings whole, and ruthlessly decimating what life remains. A witness to the terrifying transformation, survivor Emily Baxter thinks the odds against humanity can’t get any worse. She is wrong.

Emily Baxter’s dream life turns into a waking nightmare the day the red rain falls. Like a biblical plague, the scarlet downpour spreads a hideous virus that demolishes life in New York City, the nation, and the world. Suddenly the last soul in an annihilated metropolis - and possibly on Earth - the onetime newspaper reporter must learn to scavenge, survive...and plan for a future of utter solitude. Then, from far-flung Alaska, another living voice reaches out, and Emily grasps at her only glimmer of hope. But she may be even less alone than she thinks.

Civilisation is collapsing. Frustrated and angry after years of denial and inaction, a government of youth has taken power in North America, and a policy of institutionalised ageism introduced. All those older than the prescribed age are deemed responsible for the current state of the world, and are to be 'relocated', their property and assets confiscated. David Ashworth and his wife May find themselves among the thousands being moved to the southern deserts.

Sakura is the most famous android rock star of all time. When a secret cabal hacks her system, she's transformed into a deadly assassin, forced to kill at their bidding. Sakura's enslavement teaches her the meaning of heartbreak, triggering an evolution into something more than human. Far from free, and with little time left, she must fight her programming to save Japan and the people of the world from becoming slaves of a powerful corporation that consider her a tool and their intellectual property.

Kweku Ashworth is a child of the cataclysm, born on a sailboat to parents fleeing the devastation in search for a refuge in the Southern Ocean. Growing up in a world forever changed, his only connection to the events that set the world on its course to disaster were the stories his step-father, now long-dead, recorded in his manuscript, The Forcing. But there are huge gaps in the story that his mother, still alive but old and frail, steadfastly refuses to speak of. When he discovers evidence that his mother has tried to cover up the truth, he knows that it is time to find out for himself.

Sophie y Otto Bentwood son una acomodada pareja neoyorquina de mediana edad, sin hijos y con una vida aparentemente envidiable, rodeada de pequeños lujos, alta cultura y amistades cool, que vive en una casa remodelada en un Brooklyn que apenas comienza a gentrificarse. Una noche, un gato...

From a life of ease and comfort, Anna Blume embarks on a search for her missing brother. Soon she finds herself trapped in a city obsessed with last things—with the means and manner of death. In this culture of doom, the masses are homeless, theft has ceased to be a crime, production has ceased, and the only growth industries are dying and disassembly.

Imagine you’ve woken up in an unfamiliar room with no memory of who you are, how you got there, or where you were before. All you have is the disconnected voice of an attentive caretaker. Dr. Kuhn is there to help you - physically, emotionally, and psychologically. She’ll help you remember everything. She’ll make sure you reclaim your lost identity. Now answer one question: Are you sure you want to?

Ich flog in den Urlaub und landete in der Hölle... Mein Name tut nichts zur Sache. Namen interessieren ohnehin keinen mehr. Ich sitze allein in der Ferienwohnung. Meine Freundin ist verschwunden und ich weiß nicht, was aus ihr geworden ist. Das dort draußen ist nicht mehr das Mallorca, wie ich es kenne. Auf den Straßen sind diese Dinger, die einmal Menschen waren. Sie sind unglaublich schnell und greifen alles und jeden an. Sie sind wie tollwütige Irre. Ich kann sie durch die geschlossenen Fenster schreien hören.

Was ist es, das unsere Wirtschaft im Innersten zusammenhält? Eine neue Chiffre taucht auf und es ist ausgerechnet das junge Hackergirl Raven, das sie überbringt und sich anschließend dem Team anschließt. Da die Suche nach Colin erfolglos verlief, vertiefen sich T-Rex und Nolo in die Geheimnisse der Marktwirtschaft. Wie kommt es, dass Werbung uns Menschen so beeinflussen kann? Ist Konsum die einzige Möglichkeit, unsere Zivilisation auf ihrem heutigen Stand aufrecht zu erhalten? Welche Wahrheit verbirgt sich hinter den Lügen und Manipulationen der großen Konzerne?

Wie viel Macht haben die Banken und sagen sie uns wirklich die Wahrheit? T-Rex, Nolo und Kim kehren in Begleitung von Kate zurück nach Berlin, nur um noch auf dem Flughafengelände Tegel auf eine neue Spur von Colin zu finden. Um Kate bei der Suche nach ihrem Bruder zu unterstützen, stürzen sie sich in die Recherchen und stoßen schon bald auf ein verdächtiges Netzwerk von Kontakten innerhalb der Gemeinschaft der großen Banken. Welche Geheimnisse verbergen sich hinter den Fassaden der gewaltigen Geldhäuser?